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Bombay High Court Weekly Digest: 08 July – 14 July, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 335 To 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 348Nominal Index [Citation 335 – 348]Patanjali Foods Ltd. Versus UOI, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 335Konkan LNG Limited Versus The Commissioner of State Tax. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 336X. Y. Z. vs. Dean of Vitthal Sayanna Civil Hospital & Ors., 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 337Symbiosis Open Education Society and Symbiosis Skills and Professional...
District Magistrate Has To Re-Consider All Parameters On Licensee's Application To Increase Storage Quantity Of Explosives: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ordered that the District Magistrate has to re-ascertain all the criteria before allowing an application for increasing the permissible amount of explosive one can store, from 25 kilograms to 100 kilograms. The Court observed that the parameters of enquiry for 25 kilograms is not similar to the parameters for 100 kilograms.Justice C. Jayachandran observed,...
Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals Not Mute Spectators, Can Seek Second Opinion To Determine Authenticity Of Disability Certificate: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court recently remarked that the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals have an active role in decision-making process and cannot act as a mute spectator while considering claims.Justice V G Arun referred to a government order (G.O(P) No.161/97/H&FWD) and Rule 387 of the Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to state that the Tribunal has powers to take second opinion if they have...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 8 – July 14, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 418 – 436]The Authorised Officer v The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 418Vijayakumari v Jayakumar, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 419Mathew Philip v State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 420Ammanoor Parameswaran Chakyar v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 421Jesmon Joy Karippery v State of Kerala, 2024...
Bhojshala-Kamal Mosque Row | 'Existing Structure Built From Temple Remains': ASI Submits Survey Report To MP High Court
In a significant development, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has submitted its survey report on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque Complex before the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The report concludes that the existing structure (Kamal Maula mosque) was constructed using parts from earlier temples.In its report, the ASI has said that based on scientific investigations and...
Preventive Detention Aims To Ensure Peace In Society: Karnataka High Court Denies Relief To Man Involved In 45 Cases
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the wife of a detenu questioning his detention under the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas (Immoral Traffic Offencers, Slum-Grabbers and Video or Audio Pirates) Act, 1985.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D Huddar noted that the man is...
Bombay High Court Grants Default Bail To Two Booked For Being PFI Members
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted default bail to two men, accused of being members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Gauri Godse pronounced the order on the pleas filed by Momin Moiuddin Gulam Hasan, alias Moin Mistri and Asif Aminul Hussain Khan Adhikari, both of whom were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: July 08 - July 14, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 305 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 315Nominal Index:R Shankar AND E Ramamohan Chowdary. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 305Roopesha & ANR AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 306UNION OF INDIA & Others AND L. KRISHNAMURTHY & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 307Hu Xiaolin AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 308P B D'Sa & Others AND State of...
If Carried-Forward Seat For PwD Not Filled In Successive Recruitment, Unreserved Category Candidate Becomes Entitled To It: MP High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that reserved posts that are 'carried forward' to the successive recruitment year for persons with disabilities, shall be filled by General category candidate if no suitable person with disability is available.The single judge bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi observed that the term 'shall' has been used in Section 36 of the Persons with Disabilities Act...
No Offence Of Bigamy If Second Marriage Is Performed During Subsistence Of Ex-Parte Divorce Decree Which Is Later Set Aside: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has laid down that no penal consequences would be attracted under Section 494 of the IPC for solemnizing second marriage during the operation of ex parte decree of divorce from the first marriage, even if the ex parte decree was set aside on a subsequent date.Justice A. Badharudeen observed that there was no legal marriage subsisting between the parties when the...
Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Death Of Former TN CM Jayalalithaa
The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Central Government and State Government in a plea seeking a CBI inquiry into the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq issued notice to the authorities on a plea filed by Advocate Ramkumar Adithyan. The court asked the respondent authorities...
Right To Relief Lost: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Filed After 44 Yrs Challenging Land Acquisition Proceedings From 1978
Observing that “Forty four years is too long a time to maintain legal action. With passage of such protracted time, the right to relief is lost,” the Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal filed by an appellant questioning the land acquisition proceedings initiated and completed in the year 1978.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind dismissed the appeal...